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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Lesbos| > SH73118
Mytilene, Lesbos, c. 454 - 427 B.C.
|Lesbos|, |Mytilene,| |Lesbos,| |c.| |454| |-| |427| |B.C.|, Mytilene revolted against Athens in 428 B.C. but was overcome by an Athenian expeditionary force. The Athenian public assembly voted to massacre all the men of the city and to sell the women and children into slavery but changed its mind the next day. A fast trireme sailed the 186 nautical miles (344 km) in less than a day and brought the decision to cancel the massacre.
SH73118. Electrum hekte, Bodenstedt 52; HGC 6 978, gVF, obverse slightly off-center, Mytilene mint, weight 2.546g, maximum diameter 10.8mm, die axis 0o, c. 454 - 427 B.C.; obverse young male head right, hair in band; reverse wreathed male head right, wearing long beard, in incuse square; ex CNG auction 342, lot 272; SOLD











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